The World's Biggest Container Shipping Line Is Now Worried About Amazon and Alibaba
- Maersk is combining ports, logistics and shipping into one
- CEO says move should help ensure Amazon doesn’t go it alone
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The world’s biggest container shipping line is trying to stop customers like Amazon.com Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. from becoming competitors in just a few years’ time.
“Amazon is a threat if we don’t do a good job for them,” Soren Skou, the Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller Maersk A/S, said in a phone interview. “If we don’t do our job well, then there’s no doubt that big, strong companies like Amazon will look into whether they can do better themselves.”